The Florida State University College of Law Alumni Association presented its 2012 Distinguished Alum Award to Tallahassee attorney Pete Dunbar.

The award recognizes an alumnus who is distinguished professionally and who has rendered “outstanding service” to the community as well as to the law school.

Dunbar is a partner at Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, who practices in the areas of administrative, real property and governmental law.

Dunbar is an adjunct professor at the college of law and serves on the Board of Visitors. He and his son, College of Law graduate Marc Dunbar have together contributed to create the Dunbar Family Endowment for Excellence at the law school.